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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4504334

Erving & Joyce Wolf Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $250,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Feb 28, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,466,607

  • Tax year 2024

    $335,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $3,515,266

  • Tax year 2023

    $302,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $3,542,672

  • Tax year 2022

    $179,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,341,565

  • Tax year 2021

    $321,776

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $3,375,950

  • Tax year 2020

    $259,200

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $3,604,137

  • Tax year 2019

    $240,100

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $3,831,835

  • Tax year 2018

    $233,600

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $4,201,243

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Telluride FoundationTelluride, CO

    General fund

    $100,000
  2. Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA

    Hampshire fund

    $50,000
  3. Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York, NY

    General fund

    $25,000
  4. The Menil CollectionHouston, TX

    General fund

    $25,000
  5. Giffords Law CenterSan Francisco, CA

    General fund

    $25,000
  6. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX

    General fund

    $10,000
  7. Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, DC

    General fund

    $10,000
  8. School Year AbroadNorth Andover, MA

    General fund

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $100,00071% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $35,00025% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $5,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado1 grant $100,000
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $55,000
  3. Texas2 grants $35,000
  4. California1 grant $25,000
  5. New York1 grant $25,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mathew WolfPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lisa PollockSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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